
When Mattel Accidentally Created A Gay Icon With ‘Earring Magic Ken’
Hoping to draw in more customers in the early ’90s, Mattel interviewed 5-year-old girls to find the perfect new style for Ken that would have

The Magic of the Superstition Mountains
Rising sharply from the Arizona desert east of Phoenix, the Superstition Mountains have long inspired stories of mystery, hidden treasure, and the supernatural. Jagged cliffs

The Venerable Chevy Nova
The Chevrolet Nova was introduced in 1962 as the Chevy II, a compact car designed to compete with the growing popularity of smaller, more economical

1989 Kawasaki ZXR 400
The sports motorcycle Kawasaki ZXR 400 appeared in 1989, replacing the model Kawasaki GPX400R, which by that time had “grown” into two models – Kawasaki

Beer can pull tabs prove that necessity really is the mother of invention
Inventor Ermal C. Fraze may not be a household name like Thomas Edison, but he helped create something we all use today: the pull tab

Link Wray on Rumble: “Let’s see Pat Boone cover this motherfucker!’”
When Link Wray recorded “Rumble” in early 1958, most rock-and-roll guitarists were doing everything they could to avoid distortion. Wray did the opposite, unabashedly leaning